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SG ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO KOREA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is on his way to the Republic of Korea on an official visit from 29 July to 2 August.

While in Korea the Secretary-General will attend the Second High Level Forum on Korea-Caribbean Partnership to be held in Seoul on 31 July and address CARICOM Day celebrations on 30 July at the2012 World Exposition being held in Yeosu, Korea.

EXPO 2012 YEOSU CELEBRATE CARICOM DAY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has underscored the importance of its participation in, and expectations of the Exposition 2012 now underway in the Republic of Korea under the theme `The Living Ocean and Coast’.

SG ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO KOREA

 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is on his way to the Republic of Korea on an official visit from 29 July to 2 August.

While in Korea the Secretary-General will attend the Second High Level Forum on Korea-Caribbean Partnership to be held in Seoul on 31 July and address CARICOM Day celebrations on 30 July at the2012 World Exposition being held in Yeosu, Korea.

CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CAN SUSTAIN HIV RESPONSE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean countries are well poised to respond to the challenges in sustaining the HIV response in the Region.

This was the key message of Ms. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, Director, Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) who was at the time addressing a session on the sustainability of the Caribbean Region’s HIV response at the XII International AIDS Conference (IAC). The IAC is being held from 22-27 July 2012 in Washington, DC, USA.

CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CAN SUSTAIN HIV RESPONSE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean countries are well poised to respond to the challenges in sustaining the HIV response in the Region.

This was the key message of Ms. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, Director, Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) who was at the time addressing a session on the sustainability of the Caribbean Region’s HIV response at the XII International AIDS Conference (IAC). The IAC is being held from 22-27 July 2012 in Washington, DC, USA.

NEW MEDIA CAMPAIGN TARGETING HIV-RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION IN CARIBBEAN YOUTH

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) PANCAP’s Caribbean Regional Social Marketing Project (CARISMA) will be rolling out a new media campaign in five English speaking Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana and Saint Lucia) on July 25, 2012. The campaign aims to generate more compassion and respect for individuals living with HIV.

CARICOM APPLAUDS JAPAN FOR ITS FULL SUPPORT TO HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency, Anthony Liverpool, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda, this morning, applauded Japan for being one of the few countries to date, which have provided their full pledge to Haiti.

Japan, he stated, had pledged and delivered the sum of US$100- million to the Haiti reconstruction programme, after that country was hit by a major earthquake in January 2010.